It's More Than Classified!
Posted: Thursday, December 16, 2004
by Suzi Gravenstuk
http://www.suzi-gravenstuk.blogspot.com
Long before I began using the computer and Internet I was an avid newspaper reader. As a teenager living in a small Texas town I would rush to get the “paper" before anyone else in the family could snag it.
The classified section was and still is my favorite section. When I travel, I don’t feel that I have truly visited a town until I have looked through the local paper and the free weeklies that are always around, anywhere you go. I feel that the local classifieds are like taking someone’s pulse, or meeting someone and shaking hands.
Classifieds are like a boutique. It gives you a chance to try on jobs for that initial “fit", you may discover that “item" you have been looking for, or discover something that would enhance your life that you weren’t aware you wanted or needed. A lot of huge changes to my life have been initiated from a small classified ad.
Once while living in Oklahoma City I visited my mother in Crested Butte, CO. After a quick hug from my mom and brother I picked up the local paper. I saw a job opening that could be a potential match. I applied for the position and returned to the city, forgetting the application I had turned in. The application was a long shot I would not be able to return for an interview…
About a week later I received an unbelievable phone call. They wanted to hire me! That era of my life was difficult. I was almost broke and had no car by that time. I gave notice at work, and bought a bus ticket to Gunnison. Then, I part walked part hitched from Gunnison to Mt. Crested Butte. I remember feeling like I was at Heaven’s Gate as I walked up the highway from Crested Butte to Mount Crested Butte. Holy cow (s), my journey up the mountain was delayed by a cattle drive coming down the mountain.
Had I not read that ad, applied for the job and moved I would not have met my husband of 17 years. We have two super children, Luke, and Skye . Had I not read and acted upon the classified ad, they wouldn’t exist, and it would have been a loss to the world.
Never under estimate the impact of a classified ad…
by Suzi Graventuk, Ex Classified Specialist,
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